School & learning
School life, learning, college choices and how we think.
Choosing a College Major: Interests or Job Availability?
An argumentative essay weighing personal fulfillment against economic realities when choosing a field of study, with a qualified position and historical examples used to clarify the stakes of educational opportunity.
Assessing Students’ Understanding Beyond Memorized Facts: GRE Issue Essay
An argumentative essay contending that assessment should chiefly reward students’ ability to explain relationships among facts, while preserving factual recall where accuracy, chronology, or foundational knowledge matters.
GRE Issue Essay on Free College for All Students
An argument that governments should make public college tuition-free for students who meet academic and residency requirements, while using progressive funding and preserving support for other priorities.
Does Formal Education Limit Intellectual Freedom?
An evidence-based argument that formal education can constrain students when institutions restrict inquiry or distribute learning unequally, but that access to structured education more often expands intellectual freedom when students can question and use what they learn.
GRE Issue Essay on Praise and Corrective Feedback
An argument that effective teaching combines specific encouragement with timely, respectful correction rather than relying exclusively on praise or ignoring mistakes.